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To enlarge an object, typically by inflating it
To explode, or cause to explode, usually into pieces
To rage or become very angry
To arise or break out suddenly
To magnify the importance or significance of
To extol or praise effusively, and typically excessively
To severely reprimand or criticize someone
To demolish completely
To bombard with bombs or artillery
To make (something) appear larger, typically by means of a (device with a) lens
To cause to become angry
(
puff up
)
To promote with exaggerated or false praise
To burn with a sudden intensity
To disprove a statement, theory or belief
To cause to break open or into pieces
To become excitedly upset or angry
To go, or cause to go, insane or as if insane
To break up into small pieces as the result of impact
To diminish the confidence or courage of
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Verb
▲
To enlarge an object, typically by inflating it
inflates
swells
distends
bloats
balloons
expands
billows
enlarges
fills
puffs up
fills out
pumps up
makes larger
dilates
increases
extends
augments
amplifies
escalates
boosts
builds up
multiplies
magnifies
compounds
mounts
mushrooms
puffs out
widens
grows
rises
snowballs
burgeons
bourgeons
hikes up
jacks up
beefs up
swells up
heightens
increments
stretches
broadens
aggrandizes
bulges
pads
tumefies
supersizes
shoots up
raises
enhances
proliferates
elevates
lengthens
intensifies
doubles
maximizes
US
accelerates
climbs
lifts
triples
fattens
pumps
makes bigger
steps up
intumesces
ratchets up
rockets
maximises
UK
skyrockets
strengthens
develops
advances
thickens
spreads
appreciates
redoubles
goes up
bumps up
amasses
cranks up
waxes
ups
accumulates
upscales
soars
spirals
pyramids
adds to
hikes
engorges
increases in size
becomes larger
gets bigger
aerates
builds
adds
deepens
consolidates
exaggerates
annexes
US
tops up
prolongs
upraises
makes greater
hypes
puffs
jacks
marks up
fleshes out
tacks on
slaps on
surges
gains
bags
bulks
jumps
bellies
piles up
bulges out
becomes bigger
arises
fills with air
becomes bloated
leaps up
goes through the roof
intensates
blows out
becomes distended
rolls up
fills up
stokes
puts up
peaks
accrues
ascends
accentuates
runs up
jumps up
sweetens
amps up
rouses
blows
bilges
swells out
billows out
bellies out
becomes greater
mounts up
goes through the ceiling
gets larger
rises rapidly
rises up
increases rapidly
scales up
booms
embellishes
overstates
embroiders
overemphasizes
US
speeds up
leaps
exacerbates
stacks up
aggravates
surges up
gets higher
flourishes
hyperbolizes
gets stronger
picks up
becomes more powerful
overplays
dramatizes
US
prospers
bursts forth
grows rapidly
thrives
bursts
explodes
detonates
luxuriates
sprouts
develops rapidly
springs up
goes off
spreads out
overdoes
elongates
elaborates
plumps
pouches
overestimates
projects
upsizes
makes wider
stands out
pooches
becomes thicker
becomes longer
becomes inflated
makes deeper
becomes deeper
protuberates
bunches
sticks out
makes longer
beetles
pouts
rounds out
becomes wider
juts
grows larger
makes broader
overhangs
makes thicker
embiggens
becomes broader
protrudes
becomes swollen
jumboizes
pokes
grows bigger
wells up
emphasizes
US
bulks up
upsurges
protracts
bolsters
soups up
exalts
makes a big thing out of
blows something out of all proportion
stretches the truth
overemphasises
UK
touches up
dramatises
UK
blows up out of all proportion
emphasises
UK
drives up
improves
furthers
optimizes
US
enriches
progresses
betters
reinforces
ameliorates
makes better
reenforces
sharpens
inflames
teems
supplements
swarms
parlays
collects
pullulates
follows up
optimises
UK
worsens
upgrades
fortifies
makes worse
cultivates
fosters
promotes
uplifts
pushes up
nurtures
spikes
uprises
times
timeses
secures
adds fuel to the fire
adds fuel to the flames
gains strength
boosts up
renews
concentrates
cements
buttresses
stresses
quadruples
festers
encourages
complicates
hastens
quickens
repeats
perfects
increases fourfold
refines
firms up
piles on
polishes
turns up
increases in value
puts salt on the wound
becomes more numerous
improves on
smartens
increases twofold
bucks up
updates
brushes up
builds on
doubles up
smartens up
straightens out
fine-tunes
shapes up
fast-tracks
works up
makes strides
shores up
works out
makes headway
forges ahead
makes progress
moves forward
highlights
breeds
loudens
propagates
blooms
strokes
underlines
diffuses
opens
grows stronger
wells
enforces
goes up in price
manifolds
aggregates
damages
bolds
sends up
outspreads
piles
fans the flames
ferments
advertizes
advertises
revitalizes
US
duplicates
increases exponentially
smoulders
UK
brews
wakes up
goes uphill
moves up
makes intricate
makes complex
stimulates
expatiates
smolders
US
harshens
rallies
revitalises
UK
darkens
accents
brightens
lightens
whets
points
crests
makes something worse
gooses up
fetches up
sends through the roof
stabilizes
US
makes louder
makes higher
sets off
tones up
heaps on
adds fuel
heats up
ramps up
increases in scope
gets to
grows full
becomes large
grows greater
scales
hots up
becomes worse
rubs salt in the wound
starts to be
reaffirms
prolongates
continues
averages up
pours it on
assures
establishes
goes from bad to worse
adds insult to injury
reasserts
reiterates
fans the flames of
becomes strong
becomes stronger
restates
stiffens
solidifies
tightens
hardens
fuels
restores
supports
substantiates
replicates
dualizes
dupes
stabilises
UK
sustains
justifies
corroborates
fixes
upholds
empowers
authenticates
emboldens
multiplies by two
inspirits
complements
ekes
makes secure
makes stronger
makes stable
endorses
underpins
settles
makes firm
backs up
ekes out
lends more weight to
gives weight to
confirms
grows quickly
more ❯
“Let's
blow up
some balloons for the party.”
Verb
▲
To explode, or cause to explode, usually into pieces
explodes
detonates
blows
bursts
blasts
pops
crumps
erupts
shatters
ignites
smashes
demolishes
mushrooms
destroys
bombs
dynamites
flattens
goes off
goes bang
goes boom
bursts apart
cracks
bangs
ruptures
booms
fulminates
flies into pieces
goes up
punctures
splits
combusts
breaks
discharges
burns up
goes up in smoke
torpedoes
shoots off
flies open
lets go
flies apart
blows out
goes off with a bang
bursts out
sets off
blows to pieces
disintegrates
snaps
wrecks
fires off
triggers
sparks off
triggers off
flames up
touches off
blows to kingdom come
flashes
rumbles
va-vooms
breaks up
blows to bits
blows sky-high
fractures
ruins
takes out
damages
razes to the ground
puts paid to
blows away
breaks open
bursts open
busts open
fires
shoots
lets off
activates
trips
puts a match to
sets going
looses
squeezes off
lets loose
looses off
shells
pulls the trigger
opens up
more ❯
“He goes over there alone with a suitcase full of dynamite, steps over the Canadian line, and makes a futile, foolish, absurd attempt to
blow up
the bridge.”
Verb
▲
To rage or become very angry
rages
fumes
seethes
bristles
rankles
raves
erupts
hits the roof
sees red
loses it
goes mad
blows a fuse
goes berserk
goes ape
goes crazy
loses your temper
flares up
goes wild
blows your top
blows a gasket
goes bananas
goes ballistic
loses control
goes off the deep end
flies off the handle
has a fit
throws a fit
becomes enraged
gets mad
foams at the mouth
loses your rag
flips out
rants and raves
gets angry
loses one's temper
goes into a rage
breathes fire
froths at the mouth
goes up the wall
becomes angry
becomes furious
goes into a fury
explodes
flips your lid
flips
hits the ceiling
loses your cool
blows one's stack
storms
flies into a rage
freaks out
steams
sizzles
foams
wigs out
loses your head
goes spare
gets worked up
throws a wobbly
goes through the roof
goes postal
bursts a blood vessel
boils over
goes crackers
boils
rants
spits feathers
cracks up
becomes very angry
flips one's wig
goes non-linear
angers
loses the plot
burns
smolders
US
jumps up and down
goes crook
smoulders
UK
blows one's cool
gets hot under the collar
blusters
gets all steamed up
gets your dander up
throws a tantrum
spits
pops one's cork
chafes
has a conniption fit
has a cow
gets steamed up
begins to rant and rave
blows
boils over with rage
flies into a temper
flies into a passion
fires up
freaks
loses one's mind
becomes irate
gets hot
chomps at the bit
champs at the bit
gets steamed up about
raises the roof
simmers
gets carried away
sputters
flares
fulminates
goes nuts
gets in a rage
snaps
bridles
goes into orbit
gnashes your teeth
goes psycho
lets off steam
snaps at
has a tantrum
roars
works oneself into sweat
frets
scolds
tears into
splutters
screams
yells
makes a scene
looks daggers
becomes excited
gets annoyed
heats up
becomes impassioned
heats
becomes annoyed
boils with rage
becomes animated
grows passionate
foams at mouth
gets excited
grows vehement
blows your mind
goes haywire
loses control of oneself
loses one's composure
comes unglued
goes to pieces
goes off one's rocker
cracks
gets hysterical
works oneself up
holds forth
goes into a frenzy
explodes in anger
loses your mind
loses control of the situation
panics
acts wildly
unhinges
goes insane
behaves in a wild way
goes out of your mind
goes off your head
gets overwrought
goes kooky
goes wacko
goes wacky
goes loony
goes loco
goes mental
goes nutty
goes bonkers
goes off
goes daffy
goes cuckoo
goes buggy
goes off the wall
goes batty
breaks down
carries on
burns up
gets upset
overreacts
steams up
more ❯
“We were playing terribly, and it was obvious that our coach would
blow up
at the next time out.”
Verb
▲
To arise or break out suddenly
arises
emerges
erupts
breaks out
boils over
flares up
occurs suddenly
starts suddenly
commences suddenly
begins
starts
explodes
blazes up
flames
bursts forth
happens
becomes active
ensues
comes to a head
sets in
appears
occurs
springs up
bursts into
begins suddenly
commences
embarks on
bursts out
dawns
transpires
springs
actualizes
develops
originates
materializes
US
forms
betides
engenders
befalls
comes to pass
materialises
UK
comes forth
comes off
comes into existence
breaks
comes into being
chances
comes forth suddenly
“A huge argument would suddenly
blow up
between the two patrons.”
Verb
▲
To magnify the importance or significance of
exaggerates
embellishes
overstates
overemphasises
UK
overemphasizes
US
amplifies
inflates
magnifies
embroiders
dramatises
UK
dramatizes
US
heightens
puffs
emphasises
UK
emphasizes
US
builds up
plays up
makes a big thing out of
makes mountains out of molehills
blows out of proportion
makes too much of something
magnifies importance
overdoes
colours
UK
colors
US
hyperbolizes
overplays
overestimates
blows up out of all proportion
ham up
pads
overdraws
fudges
stretches
overstresses
catastrophizes
enhances
aggrandizes
lays it on thick
elaborates
expands
enlarges
lies
overrates
gilds
overembellishes
dresses up
touches up
makes a production of
makes federal case
elaborates on
lays it on
puts on
makes a production out of
draws the long bow
falsifies
varnishes
romanticizes
US
romanticises
UK
adds detail to
adds flesh to
stretches the truth
fleshes out
jazzes up
overelaborates
enlarges on
exaggerates information
pyramids
makes a federal case of
makes a mountain out of
puffs up
belabours
UK
overdramatizes
overuses
belabors
US
overworks
overvalues
overloads
lays it on with a trowel
makes a big thing about
makes a thing of
makes a thing about
hypes
overreaches
goes too far
makes a big thing of
talks big
goes overboard with
piles on
goes overboard
makes a big deal out of something
performs
acts
hams it up
gives color to
makes a performance of
plays on heartstrings
burlesques
sensationalises
UK
playacts
play-acts
executes
plays to the gallery
expands on
plays to gallery
shows
produces
melodramatizes
lays on
splashes
sensationalizes
US
stages
presents
boosts
brags
boasts
exalts
misrepresents
misreports
fabricates
emphasizes too much
hikes
misquotes
distorts
intensifies
oversells
overpitches
corrupts
ups
overexaggerates
caricatures
romances
scams
piles it on
adds colour
blows something out of all proportion
lays it on with a shovel
draws the longbow
shoots a line
cooks up
loud talks
goes to extremes
pretties up
piles it on about
lays it on thick about
bigs up
makes a drama out of a crisis
lays it on with a trowel about
more ❯
“We don't need to
blow up
this matter any more than it needs to be.”
Verb
▲
To extol or praise effusively, and typically excessively
glorifies
touts
trumpets
ballyhoos
cracks up
cries up
speaks well of
bigs up
gives a boost
puffs
lays it on thick
piles it on
boosts
talks up
gives a puff to
praises
exalts
lauds
honours
UK
honors
US
deifies
magnifies
worships
extols
venerates
celebrates
reveres
adores
idolizes
US
lionizes
US
admires
acclaims
lionises
UK
idolises
UK
pays homage to
reverences
aggrandizes
commends
emblazons
eulogizes
US
pays tribute to
applauds
puts on a pedestal
ennobles
adulates
hails
esteems
canonizes
US
eulogises
UK
salutes
blesses
dignifies
canonises
UK
elevates
apotheosizes
hymns
sings the praises of
panegyrizes
enshrines
respects
hallows
compliments
looks up to
resounds
idealizes
US
appreciates
extolls
commemorates
carols
loves
sanctifies
idealises
UK
hero-worships
cherishes
enthrones
values
toasts
prizes
speaks highly of
cheers
holds in high regard
accredits
recognizes
US
enskies
treasures
thinks highly of
memorializes
US
recognises
UK
makes much of
raves about
expresses admiration for
distinguishes
approves of
immortalizes
US
holds in high esteem
solemnizes
US
immortalises
UK
memorialises
UK
dotes on
flatters
congratulates
recommends
holds in awe
bigs something up
approves
consecrates
has a high opinion of
solemnises
UK
heaps praise on
expresses approval of
waxes lyrical about
beatifies
prays to
strokes
observes
romanticizes
US
welcomes
hands it to
praises to the skies
sublimes
roots
regards
romanticises
UK
sings paeans to
throws bouquets at
proclaims
goes into raptures over
goes into raptures about
holds dear
acknowledges
holds in esteem
regards highly
marvels at
hears it for
takes one's hat off to
glamorizes
US
claps
has a high regard for
bows down to
raves
offers prayers to
vaunts
sings praises to
rhapsodizes
US
decorates
sings
fetes
erects
uprears
favours
UK
favors
US
heroizes
glamorises
UK
likes
rhapsodises
UK
keeps alive the memory of
builds up
holds in admiration
glamours up
rhapsodizes over
rolls out red carpet
looks on with favour
shows appreciation of
puffs up
thinks much of
sets great store by
defers to
anoints
gives a posy
sets store by
transfigures
sacralizes
publicizes
US
ordains
eternizes
supports
exaggerates
glamourizes
dedicates
marks
hurrahs
gives thanks to
publicises
UK
hurrays
fetishizes
fancies
desires
holds sacred
plugs
overemphasizes
US
pushes
overemphasises
UK
takes to
signalizes
US
makes immortal
goes for
finds attractive
signalises
UK
stands in awe of
makes holy
bows down before
gives credit to
gives accolades to
roots for
sings praises
makes sacred
raves over
rhapsodizes about
praises enthusiastically
says nice things about
waxs lyrical
dedicates to God
rates highly
paints a rosy picture of
enthuses about
gushes about
enthuses over
has a thing about
carries a torch for
has a pash on
lavishes affection on
has a crush on
has an eye for
views through rose-tinted glasses
gushes over
cracks someone up
gives a bouquet
takes a liking to
moons over
grooves on
goes wild about
looks at through rose-colored glasses
falls for
expresses delight over
takes a shine to
has the hots for
holds in great respect
gives key to city
holds in respect
goes on about
delights in
gives glad hand
holds in the highest regard
holds high
lifts up
thanks
devotes
pedestalizes
endorses
regards as sacred
countenances
sanctions
upholds
affirms
remembers
mentions
saints
places on a pedestal
perpetuates
keeps
celebritizes
idolatrizes
besaints
enjoys
felicitates
divinizes
encourages
sentimentalizes
US
preserves
eternalizes
haloes
lifts
considers
bows to
sentimentalises
UK
monumentalizes
belauds
pays respects
gives recognition to
makes famous
credits
makes into a saint
pays homage
thinks romantically
makes glamorous
takes off hat to
gives bouquet
sings praises of
gives ovation
expresses respect for
embraces
shows appreciation
expresses approval for
whistles
dotes upon
embellishes
giftwraps
varnishes
thinks the world of
extols the virtues of
wonders at
attaches importance to
thinks a lot of
values highly
relishes
rates
sets on a pedestal
makes a fuss of
bestows honour on
shouts
yells
sounds the praises of
bows down
hoots
crowns
mythicizes
mythifies
shows respect
makes a fuss over
worships to excess
rolls out the red carpet
gives a boost to
brags about
brings the house down
installs
US
shouts for
gives a big hand
inaugurates
invests
gives it up for
hollers for
cheers on
gives kudos
gives approval
rises to
inducts
dresses up
sounds off for
instates
puts your hands together
romances
initiates
dreams
sets apart
establishes
coronates
consummates
swears in
instals
UK
kings
looks at something through rose-tinted spectacles
more ❯
“Packer has taken great pains to
blow up
the benefits of building casinos, but he is off the mark.”
Verb
▲
To severely reprimand or criticize someone
gives someone hell
admonishes
chastises
rebukes
reprimands severely
berates
castigates
chides
pulls up
remonstrates with
reproaches
reproves
scolds
upbraids
censures
criticises
UK
criticizes
US
lambastes
lectures
takes to task
tells off
dresses down
raps
bawls out
blasts
gives a talking-to
gives someone a telling-off
hauls over the coals
laces into
lays into
pitches into
rags
carpets
gives a rocket
gives someone a dressing-down
gives someone an earful
gives someone a roasting
gives someone a rollicking
keelhauls
raps over the knuckles
reads the riot act
ticks off
wigs
bollocks
calls down
chews out
comes down hard on
gives someone a caning
lets someone have it
monsters
rates
reams out
gives someone a mouthful
gives someone a wigging
gives someone some stick
gives someone what for
has a go at
objurgates
reprehends
trims
gives someone a bollocking
gives someone a rating
tears off a strip
sends someone away with a flea in their ear
reprimands
comes down on
gives someone a row
rows
slaps down
tears into
puts on the mat
tongue-lashes
rails against
lambasts
rails at
bastes
rants at
hammers
jaws
flays
blames
condemns
scores
denounces
gives a piece of one's mind
jumps on
chastens
calls on the carpet
rakes over the coals
rails
excoriates
slaps someone's wrist
lights into
reams
cautions
strongly criticizes
brings to book
slaps on wrist
tears a strip off
bites someone's head off
finds fault with
vituperates
yells at
raps on knuckles
monishes
talks to
lays down the law
tells a thing or two
goes on at
gives a going over
draws the line
reprobates
takes to the woodshed
puts down
reviles
checks
nags
disciplines
exprobrates
gives tongue-lashing
has words with
lashes
rakes over coals
sorts out
speaks to
sends someone away with a flea in his
lessons
gives the dickens
lowers the boom
skins
denunciates
pans
bags
flames
disses
knocks
gives someone a dressing down
gives someone a telling off
tears someone a new one
teaches a lesson
criticizea strongly
rags on
makes an example of
tears down
attacks
metes out punishment to
picks on
visits
sounds off
tears apart
jawbones
goes after
rips
zaps
fries
leans on
opposes
trounces
rakes
snaps someone's head off
climbs all over
carps on
jumps down one's throat
preaches
jumps down someone's throat
has someone on the carpet
abuses
vilifies
threaps
keeps after
asperses
expostulates
cavils
slates
gives the business
taunts
disparages
recriminates
counsels
warns
advises
throws the book at
comes down on like a ton of bricks
speaks
corrects
pummels
US
adjures
gives someone stick
slams
savages
harangues
slags off
belabors
US
fulminates against
belabours
UK
bashes
trashes
inveighs against
scathes
decries
potshots
arraigns
pillories
roasts
assails
denigrates
blows up at
rips into
bad-mouths
slashes
execrates
rubbishes
crucifies
maligns
runs down
impugns
exprobates
cuts up
punishes
blisters
deprecates
smears
raves at
fulminates
scorches
slurs
anathematizes
faults
derogates
take issue with
criticizea severely
rants
declaims
skewers
inveighs
slanders
canes
deplores
curses
defames
protests
accuses
calls over the coals
proscribes
calumniates
slags
backbites
dispraises
slangs
pulls to pieces
gives something a bad press
sails into
lashes out at
casts aspersions on
jumps all over
hits out at
calls to account
animadverts on
shouts at
insults
rages
storms
slights
belittles
thunders
contemns
rollicks
remonstrates
animadverts
lams into
traduces
scourges
minimizes
US
libels
discounts
discredits
complains
wades into
fumes
shellacs
besmirches
twits
persecutes
oppresses
lets fly at
ostracizes
US
ostracises
UK
mauls
gives someone a bad press
hoses
minimises
UK
whips
cries down
pulls apart
lays out
expresses disapproval of
gives one hell
finds fault
objects to
thunders against
carps at
pours scorn on
gets after
disapproves of
vituperates against
kicks up a stink about
kicks up a fuss about
calls out
cusses out
declaims against
gives some stick to
swears at
lampoons
attasks
ridicules
ferules
satirizes
US
sets upon
penalizes
US
harasses
strikes
derides
cudgels
hits
slaps
smothers
satirises
UK
imprecates
moralises
UK
moralizes
US
beats
earbashes
chews
dresses-down
raps knuckles
vilipends
accosts
bawls
yelps
yaps
dishonors
US
disgraces
dishonours
UK
offends
rejects
complains of
criticizes harshly
growls
riles
lashes out
drags over the coals
raps someone the knuckles
has words
severely reprimands
raps across the knuckles
rebuffs
scorns
incriminates
lays on
gives comeuppance
takes down
criticizes hatefully
eats out
gives someone a carpeting
takes down a peg
burns one's ears
gets on
gives a hard time
charges
prosecutes
stigmatizes
US
has at
works over
cracks down on
delivers a tirade to
calls to task
points the finger
argues with
lets fly
rounds on
screams at
rides
injures
zings
miscalls
penalises
UK
taxes
impeaches
stigmatises
UK
charges with
shows up
indicts
ranks on
gives piece of mind
gives going-over
sounds off to
lashes into
gives the devil
takes disciplinary action against
brings to account
expresses disapprobation
sticks it to
expresses disapprobation of
thinks badly of
does a number on
dumps on
calls names
cuts to the quick
blows off
cuts down
gives a black eye
trash-talks
ties into
beats up on
puts on the carpet
barks at
makes a protest to
disapproves
depreciates
frames
judges
names
pronounces
adjudges
sledges
picks apart
looks askance
spouts
kicks
vociferates
declares unfit
picks holes in
puts away
sends up
points finger at
pins it on
blows whistle on
hangs something on
lays at one's door
sends up the river
challenges
throws brickbats at
nitpicks about
objects
gives a bad press to
cavils at
bags on
gives flak to
rages against
takes apart
expostulates about
tears to pieces
kicks up
takes a stand against
raises objections to
kicks against
complains vociferously about
speaks out against
complains about
disagrees violently with
protests strongly at
makes a stand against
makes a fuss about
takes great exception to
puts up a fight against
opposes strongly
makes a protest against
remonstrates about
complains bitterly about
gives a tongue-lashing
raves
huffs
speaks out
rants and raves
makes a stand
goes on about
mouths off about
takes a stand
animadverts upon
vociferates about
protests against
more ❯
Verb
▲
To demolish completely
levels
demolishes
destroys
razes
bulldozes
wrecks
devastates
guts
pulls down
tears down
bombs
dismantles
unbuilds
lays waste
obliterates
pulverises
UK
pulverizes
US
wipes out
breaks up
razes to the ground
ruins
wastes
blows to bits
lays waste to
smashes
totals
desolates
decimates
shatters
creams
vaporizes
US
vaporises
UK
annihilates
trashes
wracks
ravages
torpedoes
nukes
crushes
blasts
breaks
knocks down
blows to pieces
rubs out
topples
fells
sinks
extinguishes
explodes
dashes
takes out
does in
brings down
reduces to ruins
flattens
takes apart
knocks to pieces
gets rid of
takes care of
wipes from the face of the earth
brings to ruin
eliminates
incinerates
blows
blights
nixes
impairs
scotches
scuppers
banjaxes
overturns
bursts
pops
dishes
queers
disables
rattles
does for
wreaks havoc with
blows a hole in
wracks up
puts the kibosh on
brings to naught
brings to nought
puts paid to
spoils
dynamites
crashes
smites
takes
scourges
spoliates
breaks down
marauds
mutilates
ravishes
maims
overcomes
messes up
blows sky-high
desecrates
eradicates
erases
exterminates
expunges
extirpates
effaces
despoils
abolishes
leaves in ruins
liquidates
overwhelms
quashes
removes
wipes off the map
wreaks havoc on
cancels
leaves desolate
stamps out
snuffs out
kills
damages
undoes
devours
sabotages
dilapidates
defeats
wipes off the face of the earth
zaps
pillages
sacks
depredates
reduces
destructs
ruinates
blots out
writes off
lays in ruins
prostrates
tramples
plunders
upsets
slaughters
deletes
massacres
disrupts
batters
mangles
injures
overthrows
defaces
botches
takes down
busts
finishes off
roots out
tears up
blacks out
sweeps away
cleans up
does away with
makes a mess of
damages beyond repair
louses up
reduces to rubble
puts out of commission
fouls up
overkills
lowers
rapes
ends
terminates
prangs
disassembles
tumbles
squashes
strikes
burns
dispatches
suppresses
messes
wipes
checks
brings about the downfall of
butchers
wipes off
tears to pieces
puts out of action
executes
makes desolate
scrubs out
lays low
burns away
ransacks
raids
rips down
blows away
takes away
puts down
cuts down
kills off
commits genocide
cuts a swath through
banishes
vandalizes
US
disfigures
mullers
snuffs
poisons
cruels
defiles
euchres
bodges
shipwrecks
depletes
cripples
vandalises
UK
undermines
smashes up
cleans out
reduces to nothing
wreaks havoc upon
screws up
brings to nothing
beats
benothings
piles up
cracks up
runs onto the rocks
dashes to pieces
excises
subverts
scatters
unmakes
blows down
mows down
strikes out
throws down
casts down
scratchs out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bombard with bombs or artillery
bombs
bombards
blitzes
shells
cannonades
torpedoes
attacks
strafes
batters
assaults
blasts
pounds
barrages
levels
flattens
raids
rakes
napalms
prangs
blows to bits
opens fire on
blows sky-high
drops bombs on
fires upon
rains destruction
Verb
▲
To make (something) appear larger, typically by means of a (device with a) lens
magnifies
zooms
focuses
focusses
zooms in
Verb
▲
To cause to become angry
angers
enrages
annoys
incenses
infuriates
provokes
galls
irritates
maddens
exasperates
vexes
displeases
piques
riles
aggravates
antagonises
UK
antagonizes
US
inflames
nettles
outrages
irks
excites
offends
ruffles
frets
hassles
miffs
peeves
puts out
affronts
agitates
bugs
narks
needles
bristles
drives crazy
drives mad
enflames
gravels
ires
mads
rankles
roils
ticks off
burns up
chafes
crosses
empurples
goads
grills
acerbates
arouses
baits
boils
burns
crazes
embitters
exacerbates
rubs up the wrong way
steams up
drives up the wall
gets at
gets someone
tees off
eggs on
gets across
gets on your nerves
gets your back up
hacks off
raises hell
stirs up
winds up
gets in your hair
gets your dander up
gives someone the pip
loses one's temper
makes someone see red
makes sore
makes your blood boil
puts your back up
gets on one's nerves
gets on your wick
gets under your skin
gets up someone's nose
gets your goat
makes somebody's hackles rise
rattles someone's cage
ruffles one's feathers
Verb
▲
(
puff up
)
To promote with exaggerated or false praise
puffs
promotes
advertises
advertizes
publicises
UK
publicizes
US
hypes
plugs
pushes
commends
endorses
recommends
merchandises
overpraises
praises
ballyhoos
builds
cries
bigs up
cracks up
gives publicity to
hypes up
beats the drum for
gives a puff to
puts in a good word
Verb
▲
To burn with a sudden intensity
flares
burns
flames
ignites
combusts
incinerates
smolders
US
blazes
enflames
kindles
enkindles
lights
smoulders
UK
fires
torches
explodes
fumes
inflames
burns violently
burns up
fires up
burns unsteadily
bursts out
flares up
goes off
detonates
puts a match to
catches light
sets burning
takes fire
sets alight
catches fire
bursts into flames
sets fire to
goes up in flames
sets a match to
fans the flames of
sets on fire
touches off
starts up
puts match to
sparks
sets light to
sets ablaze
glows
starts
scorches
sparks off
strikes
sets aflame
sears
chars
toasts
catches
carbonises
UK
carbonizes
US
heats
singes
lights up
gets going
sets afire
strikes up
induces
ires
licks
rages
puts to the torch
oxidizes
US
flames up
becomes ignited
starts burning
oxidises
UK
begins to burn
catches on fire
starts a fire
burns without flames
radiates heat
triggers
roasts
gets started
conflagrates
blackens
discharges
browns
cooks
brands
sets fire
sets off
cauterizes
US
scalds
cauterises
UK
lets off
parches
pushes the button
more ❯
Verb
▲
To disprove a statement, theory or belief
explodes
disproves
refutes
discredits
invalidates
belies
debunks
repudiates
negates
denies
gainsays
punctures
rebuts
contradicts
controverts
exposes
quashes
confutes
demolishes
nullifies
ridicules
challenges
deflates
discards
negatives
shoots down
picks holes in
proves impossible
puts paid to
shoots full of holes
cuts down to size
shoots down in flames
blows sky-high
knocks the bottom out of
proves wrong
drives a coach and horses through
gives the lie to
blows out of the water
confounds
disconfirms
falsifies
overthrows
breaks
busts
impugns
overturns
contravenes
proves false
makes a nonsense of
knocks props out
shows to be false
shoots holes in
calls into question
throws out
weakens
tears down
blows sky high
pokes holes in
traverses
finds unfounded
sets aside
knocks bottom out of
proves to be false
counters
disaffirms
disavows
disowns
disclaims
disallows
opposes
destroys
disagrees
disputes
contests
rejects
crosses
undermines
silences
defeats
disagrees with
declares untrue
dissents from
pokes full of holes
deceives
annihilates
compromises
counterbalances
oppugns
conflicts with
runs counter to
debates
goes against
shows in its true light
resists
discounts
squelches
queries
questions
argues
vanquishes
subverts
puts down
brings to naught
shuts up
fights
withstands
combats
naysays
proves to be wrong
shows to be wrong
pooh-poohs
casts doubt on
raises doubts about
puts under suspicion
flies in the face of
argues with
brushes aside
humbles
flattens
reduces
pricks
erodes
ruins
puts an end to
knocks bottom out
knocks props from under
takes down a peg
takes wind out of sails
doubts
disbelieves
retracts
rebuffs
disacknowledges
recants
backpedals
withsays
spurns
not buys
takes exception to
takes back
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to break open or into pieces
smashes
shatters
breaks
cracks
demolishes
fragments
crunches
explodes
fractures
fragmentizes
powders
pulverises
UK
pulverizes
US
scrunches
shivers
splinters
blasts
blows
bursts
crushes
disintegrates
pops
trashes
busts
rives
splits
prangs
squashes
squishes
breaks to pieces
breaks down
crushes to smithereens
smashes to smithereens
blows apart
breaks to smithereens
busts up
breaks into pieces
breaks up
makes mincemeat of
Verb
▲
To become excitedly upset or angry
bristles
fumes
seethes
rages
storms
boils
spits
bridles
flares
objects
recoils
resents
ruffles
swells
sees red
goes ballistic
flares up
gets angry
wigs out
becomes indignant
draws oneself up
takes umbrage
rears up
takes offense
US
takes offence
UK
becomes annoyed
becomes infuriated
boils over
becomes upset
gets your dander up
gets your hackles up
Verb
▲
To go, or cause to go, insane or as if insane
cracks
crazes
deranges
unhinges
flips
maddens
frenzies
unbalances
locos
unstrings
flips out
freaks out
breaks down
loses control
melts down
goes crazy
loses it
wigs out
becomes insane
goes bonkers
becomes deranged
bugs out
cracks up
comes apart at the seams
falls apart at the seams
blows your mind
Verb
▲
To break up into small pieces as the result of impact
disintegrates
breaks
shatters
fragments
fractures
crumbles
splits
busts
splinters
crumples
rives
severs
collapses
shivers
ruptures
separates
dismembers
divides
explodes
disrupts
founders
subsides
falls
fails
disperses
disunites
folds
disbands
dismantles
detaches
disconnects
disimproves
disorganizes
sinks
taints
turns
breaks up
gives way
caves in
comes apart
falls to pieces
falls apart
breaks apart
falls to bits
flies apart
blows apart
goes to pieces
goes belly-up
goes to rack and ruin
fades away
takes apart
falls apart at the seams
smashes to smithereens
turns to dust
Verb
▲
To diminish the confidence or courage of
demoralises
UK
demoralizes
US
disheartens
discourages
dispirits
dismays
depresses
dejects
daunts
crushes
upsets
unnerves
chills
dampens
shakes
frustrates
unmans
cows
abashes
saps
disturbs
throws
damps
enervates
subdues
weakens
undermines
debilitates
deflates
disconcerts
unsettles
rattles
devitalizes
disparages
enfeebles
disempowers
cripples
disarranges
discountenances
disorders
embarrasses
muddles
nonplusses
casts down
knocks for six
knocks sideways
knocks the stuffing out of
psychs out
brings low
gets to
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